2010 TBRW? Awards

Automatic Awards

Duane Moeser-Matt Moulson Award, Leading Point Scorer

Blake Gallagher (18-19-37)

Chris Norton-Mark McRae Award, Leading Scorer, Defenseman

Brendon Nash (2-17-19)

 

Discretionary Awards

Peter Natyshak-Sam Paolini Award, Career Improvement. This award is open to seniors or, in the rare case, juniors. The award measures how well the player has improved since starting at Cornell.

Ben Scrivens began his career looking very shaky.  He ended it as a Hobey Baker finalist.  What else can you ask for?

Randy MacFarlane-Riley Nash Award, Transcendent Beauty and Skating Prowess. The title says it all.

Riley Nash gets another nod, albeit on a team that had its share of problems skating.

Dave Shippel-Greg Hornby Award, Scrappiness and Effort. This award generally goes to a player who plays "bigger than his size" or "better than his talent."

Tyler Roeszler turned his season, perhaps his career, around in one weekend, and contributed to the stretch drive as significantly as any other skater.

Terry Gage Award, Determination in a Supporting Role. This award generally goes to an athlete whose contributions do not show up in the box score.

Joe Scali was a hard-nosed presence that changed the tone of games and gave opponents something to worry about.

Mike Schafer-Stephen Baby Award, Leadership and Passion. This award needs no explanation.

Colin Greening has been described by Coach Mike Schafer as one of the best leaders he's ever seen.  This was obvious to all who had the pleasure to watch him these last four years.  He will be greatly missed.

Pierre Belanger-Murphy Family Award, Most Loathed Referee.

This award stands vacant for this year, for lack of a worthy candidate.  Referees throughout the conference are encouraged to pick up the slack.

Brian Hayward-David LeNeveu Award, Leading Goaltender. Based solely on this year's performance, choose our starter in the NCAA Final.

Ben Scrivens capped his career with back-to-back-to-back shutouts in the ECAC playoffs.

John Carter-Dominic Moore Award, Most Respected Opponent. This award goes to the guy we would take in a heartbeat for one of our own. It is based on his performance against us in games this year.

Sean Backman is the first two-time winner of this award.  His domination of Cornell over his career will, hopefully, never be repeated.

Kevan Melrose-Matt Nickerson Award, Least Respected Opponent. This award goes to the guy who when you scream "... sucks!" you mean it. The goon, the cheap shot artist, the whiner, the showboat. The asshole.

Once again, a vacancy.  Naming Backman was a temptation for his mythic-level stupidity in destroying Yale's post-season hopes, but the award goes to someone unpleasant, not unthinking.

Doug Dadswell-Ryan Vesce Award, Most Valuable Freshman. Define it however you want. Open only to freshman, not transfers.

Nick D'Agostino's 18 points were the most compiled by a Cornell freshman defenseman since Mark McRae in 2000, and the fourth-highest total in team history.

Joe Nieuwendyk-Doug Murray Award, Most Valuable Player. Define it however you want, as long as you consider this year's performance alone.

Ben Scrivens won this award with his performance in the two weekends of ECAC post-season play.  This was Colin Greening's team, but Scrivens' peak performance made the difference between prior years' near misses and this team's championship.